IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kenoma
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985KS003013
  • User Pedon ID: 85KS003013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0810
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57076
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 38.1361122
  • Std. Longitude: -95.3341675
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22S
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 120 feet East and 3250 feet North of SW corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS003—Anderson
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: K. H. Sallee
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Vertic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kenoma
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kenoma
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Vertic Argiudoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—41

    25—130

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    2

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    —

    —

    —

    0

    106

    —

    —

    14

    26

    1

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    1A—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; 29 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04326; moist when described;. many very fine roots throughout; many fine roots throughout
    1Bt1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); 60 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and 40 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, 60 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and 40 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, dry; silty clay; 40 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 85P04327; moist when described;. few fine iron concretions concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; many very fine roots throughout; common fine roots throughout; few fine prominent 5YR46 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 219315; patchy - phpvsfiid 219315
    1Bt2—41 to 63 centimeters (16.1 to 24.8 inches); 50 percent brown (10YR 4/3) interior and 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, 50 percent brown (10YR 5/3) interior and 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, dry; silty clay; 44 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak very fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 37 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent medium spherical iron concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 85P04328; moist when described;. Vertical fillings of (10YR 3/1) moist colored material.; common medium iron concretions concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots between peds; many fine prominent 5YR46 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR56 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR52 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 219316; patchy - phpvsfiid 219316
    1Bt3—63 to 96 centimeters (24.8 to 37.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; silty clay; 46 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak very fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent faint , moist, nonintersecting slickensides on horizontal faces of peds and 37 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent medium spherical iron concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 85P04329; moist when described;. Vertical fillings of (10YR 3/1) moist colored material.; common medium iron concretions concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few nonintersecting slickensides surface features on horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots between peds; few fine prominent 5YR46 mottles; few fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 219317; patchy - phpvsfiid 219318; patchy - phpvsfiid 219317; patchy - phpvsfiid 219318
    1Bt4—96 to 130 centimeters (37.8 to 51.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, dry; silty clay; 46 percent clay; 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; weak very fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 37 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent distinct , moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on horizontal faces of peds; 11 percent medium spherical iron concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P04330; moist when described;. Vertical fillings of (10YR 3/1) moist colored material.; common medium iron concretions concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common intersecting slickensides surface features on horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots between peds; common medium prominent 5YR46 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219320; patchy - phpvsfiid 219319; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219320; patchy - phpvsfiid 219319